Becoming Children of God

"But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name."  John 1:12 "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name."  John 1:12 Concerning the text itself, there are especially three things that merit our attention. First of all, it should be clearly noted that the text is introduced with the conjunctive word "but," which indicates that the Word of God here stands...